Out of the corner of my eye

23 year old woman: police raided her house and found 1 bag of pot and 6 pills of ecstasy. They said face 3 years in jail, or become an armed informant for the police, and meet drug barons to buy a load of coke and thousands of pills for thousands of dollars. She’s now dead.
Prohibition. […]

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It’s interesting looking at the contrast between the official media line on the South Ossetian conflict and what people on the ground over there (and elsewhere throughout the world) are saying. Some news headlines:
“Russia recognises Georgian Rebels”(rebels: never mind that South Ossetia has been de facto independent for 16 years)
“Russians losing propaganda war”
“Russia condemned for […]

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